Diagnosing dementia in long-term care facilities

Journal of the American Medical Directors Association

Volumn 4, Issue 6 SUPPL., 2003, Pages

  Singer, Clifford ^a,b   Luxenberg, Jay ^a,b  

^a OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHOLINESTERASE INHIBITOR; DONEPEZIL; PLACEBO; TACRINE;

AGNOSIA; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ANAMNESIS; APHASIA; APRAXIA; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; CAREGIVER; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLINICAL OBSERVATION; COGNITIVE DEFECT; COMORBIDITY; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DELIRIUM; DEMENTIA; DEPRESSION; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; FALLING; FRONTOTEMPORAL DEMENTIA; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; LEWY BODY; LONG TERM CARE; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICAL DOCUMENTATION; MEMORY DISORDER; MENTAL TEST; MINI MENTAL STATE EXAMINATION; MULTIINFARCT DEMENTIA; NEURORADIOLOGY; PARKINSONISM; PERSONALITY DISORDER; PROSPECTIVE PAYMENT; PSYCHOLOGIC ASSESSMENT; QUALITY OF LIFE; RATING SCALE; REIMBURSEMENT; REVIEW; TERMINAL CARE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VISUAL HALLUCINATION;

EID: 0348160106     PISSN: 15258610     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1525-8610(04)70404-1     Document Type: Article

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